NEW DELHI: Micromax has done a tremendous job when it comes to smartphones, but it is yet to deliver a mind blowing tablet. To better its track record in the tablet field, Micromax recently brought the Micromax Canvas Tab P690.
Positive Aspects
The P690 comes with an 8 inch display but has a slim profile. On top of that the tablet has thinner bezels. Hence, it has overall a smaller and thinner profile than what I experienced from older 8 inch tablets. The sharp diamond cut edges and metallic finish of the back panel adds to its glamour. Though sweaty hands will find it most uncomfortable, but overall, it has decent looks.
The Micromax Canvas P690 has an 8 inch display that has appreciable 1280×800 pixels resolution and offers good brightness levels too.
The Micromax Canvas P690 has plenty of connectivity features. It has a micro SIM card slot using which you can make calls and connect to 3G networks. It has Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and WiFi as well. So despite being a tablet, it offers features of a mobile phone as far as connectivity is concerned.
The tablet also offers decent 8 GB internal memory as well as an expandable storage slot that can hold a 32 GB micro SD card. It has also USB OTG functionality and thus you can use a pen drive directly with it through an OTG cable.
The tablet has a 5 megapixel rear camera and a 2 megapixel front camera. Though it isn’t the only tablet to offer such cameras but I found both to be quite decent unlike what I have seen in other tablets. But don’t expect something extraordinary. These cameras are just okay and decent for a tablet.
The tablet has the older Android 4.4 KitKat operating system but Micromax while launching the device did promise Android Lollipop update for the tablet, though did not reveal any time-frame.
The tablet has a 4000 mAh battery – not too big for an 8 inch tablet. Many 7 inch tablets offer similar battery too. Like most tablets, it offers 5-6 hours of back up only on mixed usage.
